The Sherwood Anderson Foundation is an organization founded by the children and grandchildren of American short story writer and novelist Sherwood Anderson that gives grants to emerging writers.[1] The most notable of these is the annual Sherwood Anderson Foundation Writers Award.
The Foundation's current co-presidents, as of 2009, are Anderson's grandsons Michael and David Spear.
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Winners of the award have ranged from college undergraduates to widely-published authors. Currently, only individuals who have published either "a book of fiction or a collection of short stories in major literary and/or commercial publications" are eligible for the prize.[2]